Last Friday, December 4th's ESL Lifeskills 1 class was review. We practiced key verbs, (to be, to have, to go, etc.), in the present and past tense, as well as the simple future construction, "going to". We also reviewed pronouns (personal and possesive), as well as articles (definite and indefinite). With the indefinite article, we use either "a" (when a noun starts with a consonant), or "an" ( when a noun starts with a vowel). Here is an outline of some of what we went over...

Simple Future Tense: "going to"

• [am/is/are + going to + verb]

•   Planned Events

• I am going to Mexico in a few days.
  
• We are not going to work next week.
• They are going to go to the university next year.

• Predictions (based on facts)

• There is going to be an accident on that dangerous road.
• The test next week is going to be really hard.
• Someone is going to win the lottery. 

• Intentions 

• I am going to be a rich person someday.
• We are going to pass the test.
• They are going to follow the directions..

Articles: the/a,an

• definite article:  "the" 

          examples: the book (singular) / the books (plural)

• indefinite articles:  "a","an"

          examples: a banana (singular) / an apple (singular)

Until next time!

Watch this video about the "th" sound pronunciation!

Hello, everyone!
Today in class we learned some verbs in the simple past tense form. Here is a review of the verbs from today: 

     1. VERB: "to do"   

• Tense: simple past
  
• Form:  irregular verb
  

  ____present_tense___simple_past____                                            
     I             do                                ---->"I did homework."     
    You          do                  did  ---->"You did homework." 
    He/She     does                     ---->"He/She did homework." 
    We           do                               ---->"We did homework." 


          Answer the question: "What did you do yesterday?"

          Example: "I did the laundry."


     2. VERB: "to like"

• Tense: simple past
• Form: regular [VERB+ed]

  ____present_tense____simple_past____                                                 
      I           like                                 ---->"I liked the movie."     
     You        like                 liked   ---->"You liked the movie." 
     He/She   likes                         ---->"He/She liked the movie." 
     We         like                                  ---->"We liked the movie." 


          Answer the question: "What did you like as a child?"

          Example: "I liked Chinese food."

Hello!
My name is Domingo Payne, and I'm an instructor who teaches at Gavilan College, in Gilroy, California. This is the first message on the blog I'm calling, ESL Lifeskills. This blog is going to be about the ESL classes I teach also called "ESL Lifeskills". The classes are free for the community, and offered as a series of survival English classes for students with very little oral or written English competency. This blog will contain supplemental lessons and instructions to those that I teach in my ESL classes. For students of mine, hopefully you will find this blog very useful for your English language studies at home. If you can read this post in English, you're doing very well! If your a visiting friend, enjoy the site, leave any comments, suggestions, or questions you may have, and feel free to check out some of my other sites.
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